hé
boîte; étui
这个盒子里装满了书。
Zhège hézǐ lǐ zhuāngmǎnle shū.
This box is filled with books.
我需要一个盒子来装这些东西。
Wǒ xūyào yīgè hézi lái zhuāng zhèxiē dōngxī.
I need a box to pack these things.
这个盒子太小了，装不下这么多东西。
Zhège hézi tài xiǎole, zhuāng bù xià zhème duō dōngxī.
This box is too small to hold so many things.
匣 (xiá)
box, case
盒儿 (hé er)
small box
圆 (yuán)
round
扁 (biǎn)
flat
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The Chinese character 盒 (hé) for "box" is composed of two parts: the phonetic component 禾 (hé) and the semantic component 木 (mù). The phonetic component 禾 (hé) represents the sound of the character, while the semantic component 木 (mù) indicates that the character is related to wood. This is because boxes were traditionally made of wood.The character 盒 (hé) first appeared in the oracle bone script, which is the earliest known form of Chinese writing. In the oracle bone script, the character 盒 (hé) was written as a pictograph of a box with a lid. Over time, the character 盒 (hé) has evolved into its current form.The character 盒 (hé) is used in a variety of words related to boxes, such as 盒子 (hézi) for "box", 盒盖 (hé gài) for "box lid", and 盒装 (hé zhuāng) for "boxed". The character 盒 (hé) is also used in some idioms, such as 开盒即用 (kāi hé jí yòng) for "ready to use out of the box" and 一盒烟 (yī hé yān) for "a pack of cigarettes".
